All the mini mills listed on this page are made in the same
factory in China. Except where they have different features, the parts are
interchangeable. In our experience there is not a noticeable quality difference
between the brands.

LittleMachineShop.com HiTorque Mini Mill is the best in
its class. It has the most power, most torque, and a larger table than other
mills in its size range.
The tilting column version (model 3900) provides the same 45°-0°-45° tilting head
as all the other Mini Mills. The solid column version (model 3990) was specifically
designed for LittleMachineShop.com
to maximize rigidity. The column bolts solidly to the base with four cap screws
and the wall thickness of the column is significantly greater.
The 500 Watt (0.67 hp) brushless spindle drive motor provides tremendous low end
torque. And you can vary the speed from 50 RPM to 2500 RPM continuously. There
are no gears to shift. And, with no gears, the HiTorque Mini Mill is the
quietest in its class.
The large mill table provides 50% more table area than other mini mills. It also
has 30% more travel in each direction. The resettable feed dials allow you to
zero them at any point.

LittleMachineShop.com carries the SIEG X2D Mini Mill.
This mini mill has a larger table than other mini mills in its size range
and features a 350 Watt DC motor with two spindle speed ranges. The air spring
head support gives it more Z-axis travel than most other mini mills.

Micro-Mark carries
the MicroLux model 82573 mini mill. The Micro-Mark mini mill has a 3 Morse taper
spindle. The MicroLux mini mill has one unique feature; the table feed dials both
advance 0.050 inch per revolution. On all the other mini mills the dials advance
1/16 inch per revolution. The 0.050-inch per turn is easier to use than the 0.0625-inch
per turn of the other mini mills. Micro-Mark will have you believe that the other
mini mills have metric dials, but they do not.

Micro-Mark also carries
the MicroLux model 84630 R8 mini mill. The MicroLux mini mill has one unique feature; the table feed dials both
advance 0.050 inch per revolution. On all the other mini mills the dials advance
1/16 inch per revolution. The 0.050-inch per turn is easier to use than the 0.0625-inch
per turn of the other mini mills. Micro-Mark will have you believe that the other
mini mills have metric dials, but they do not. This mini mill features the 500 watt brushless DC drive system.